What is the Greatest Common Factor of 46942 and 46957?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 46942 and 46957 is 1.

GCF(46942,46957) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 46942 and 46957, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 46942 and 46957.

How to find the GCF of 46942 and 46957?

We will first find the prime factorization of 46942 and 46957. After we will calculate the factors of 46942 and 46957 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 46942

Prime factors of 46942 are 2, 7, 479. Prime factorization of 46942 in exponential form is:

46942 = 2¹ × 7² × 479¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 46957

Prime factors of 46957 are 46957. Prime factorization of 46957 in exponential form is:

46957 = 46957¹

Step-3: Factors of 46942

List of positive integer factors of 46942 that divides 46942 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 49, 98, 479, 958, 3353, 6706, 23471

Step-4: Factors of 46957

List of positive integer factors of 46957 that divides 46942 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 46942 and 46957. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 46942 and 46957 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 46942 and 46957